Toyota Camry Tires and Wheels

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I have a 2007 toyota camry with 24,000 miles on it. My question is is there anything in the warranty that will cover tires at all? I have a huge tack in my tire that is right along the sidewall that according to 3 diffrent garages can't be plugged because of it's location. I also have the extra care platinum vehicle service agreement. I don't see anything that covers tires. I really don't want to buy a new tire if I don't have to. Anyone?

I bought a used 07 Camry V6 LE. I bought it with 20" BT Street wheels and Toyo Proxes 4 245/35ZR20 95W tires.

I wanted to down size so I bought off e-bay used original 17" Toyota alloys that came off of a Toyota Camry Solara. The tires are P215/55R17 93V Toyo Proxes J33.

I tried switching them but the mechanic said they didn't fit.

The original tires off my Camry were P215/60R16.

Could it be when the 1st owner put the 20s on he changed the tire mountings?

I was thinking just to change the tire mountings to fit the tires I bought off E-bay. Should I go to Toyota to do this? How much should putting new mountings and switching the tires cost me? Any advice is appriciated. Thank you.

A puncture in the tire tread area, can usually be fixed for a couple bucks with a simple plug. You can actually do it yourself while it is on the car, with a kit at any autoparts or even probably bigbox retailer in the autoparts section.

Alternatively just go to any 'real' gas station (one with a mechanic and bay) or autotire store, and they should be able to do it at nominal cost.

The curent tire 215/60R16 V94 : speed rating V which is rated (150mph) Do I need to maintain it or i can go to a lower speed rating I hardly go beyond 80 mph why should I install a tire with 150mph tires??

My wife's 05 Camry LE needs new tires at 37K miles. I wanted to change size from the oem 205/65/15 to 215/60/15 to improve handling (safer to have a little bigger footprint I thought) but my dealer's service manager advises against using any but the original factory size. That it may adversely affect the remaining powertrain warranty (23K miles), having abs brakes a factor. I don't understand, as the overall diameter of each of these tire sizes on the oem 15 X 6.5 steel wheels is almost identical. Also, I am considering Yokohama Avid TRZ's or T4's. Any advice?

Stick with the original size but buy a better quality tire. See the Tirerack site for tire ratings. I was very happy with Yokohamas on my previous car. The Turanzas that the Camry probably came with is not rated very well on the Tirerack site.

Thanks, same advice I got from the dealership manager. He was ok with it but said Toyota might not agree if I ever had a warranty issue. To be safe, I will stay with the original size and try the TRZ's, top rated in their catagory on Tirerack site. The Goodyear Integritys on the car now have done OK and and still have more than legal tread depth but have little traction and are not safe. I always thought they were a little small for that size car. I note that newer Camrys have 16" wheels.

Hi guys and gals. I posted this in Toyo problems but this is more appropriate.I have an 07 LE V-6 Camry. The tires OEM are Turanza EL-II Hs. They are HORRIBLE. I have a tick under 13K on them and they have less than a pinky nails left of tread. The treadwear is a 250 or 260, thats not acceptable for a $25K car. Plus the thing rides like my dads ole 75 Buick. Will getting real tires i.e. Triple Treads or Eagle F1 all seaons made it ride a little stiffer-tighter or is there any things I can do to complain about the lack of distance on these?E

So far, they have been back twice for rebalancing and on the last visit, they put hub rings on.

It's still vibrating and shaking at speeds above 65 mph. American Tire is telling me that even though 235-50-17 is an approve fitment, it's too big for my Camry and I should downsize to a 215. Is this guy blowing smoke up my !@#$% or correct?

I've seen people with 245-45-18's on their cars without any problems which has me scratching my head on my slight upgrade.

Perhaps but I'm not that partial to the look of the SE wheels. The TRD wheel is not bad but it's not available in a 17".

I wonder if the stiff sidewall on the ResponsEdges are part of the problem? Supposedly they have carbon fiber sidewall to firm up the sides. I am considering changing to Yokohama YK520 225-50-17 tires which has traditional sidewalls. Additionally, I may try another style wheel. The one's I got were store demos and just maybe one or two are bent.

What do you guys think? I'm going in tomorrow to work this out with the store.

Take them back, get your originals put on and go to Tirerack. Better yet call them up. They are PROS when it comes to tires and wheels for your car. In fact go to their website and look for tire and wheel packages, enter your year and model car and presto they show what the car will look like with the wheels you choose before you make a purchase. I've yet to buy a set of wheels or tires from the locals since I discovered Tirerack in 1997 Mackabee

Hi All,I have recently got 4 x all season Michelin Primacy MXV4 installed on my 2004 Camry LE 4 cyl. AT. The size of the tires is original and I keep about 32 PSI pressure in the tires. Everything was smooth until yesterday when we got our first serious snow storm in Toronto. The temperature was about -8 C, couple centimeters of snow on the road, when I noticed strong noise and steering wheel vibration during turns. All the turns were done with the speed under 20 km/h. Vibration/noise were constant when I was moving 10-20 km/h with the steering wheel even slightly turned. I tried turning steering wheel in both directions while standing still on the parking lot covered with the snow, the same vibration and noise were still present, but only when tire was actually moving against snow. On the same day I also could hear scraping sound from the rear wheels when braking - it didn't sound like ABS, because it was much more "distant" and break pedal didn't vibrate. All the fluids where on normal levels. Once I've reached my underground parking, the vibration/noise during turns and scraping sound during breaking were gone. So, it seems that both were produced by tires movement against snow. There were neither vibration nor noise when car was moving straight on snow.Did anybody experience similar tire behaviour? Or could it be mechanical problem and nothing to do with tires?Any information is highly appreciated.

At 24K, the dealer replaced a total of 5 struts on my 07 Camry LE. 3 front, and 2 back. My friend also have a 07 Camry LE, he had to replace 3 struts out of 4. Anyone have this kind of luck? If not, i suggest checking for oily firm on the struts. If it's leaking, bring it in to have it repace. According to the recept, the seal on the struts was bad. Anyone have this experience?

I have a 2007 Camry SE 4cyl. It came with Toyo Proxies tires, P215/55r17's. These tires have 21,000 miles on them and they are worn out ( only 3/32's left on tread). They have been rotated 3 times. The tires are also badly cupping. I went to Discount Tire and they said either they have not been rotated or the srtuts are worn out. I am going to get new tires this week and see if the Toyo's are just cheap tires. Then, I'm also going to the dealership and see if the struts are bad. My question is this...will P225 / 55 r17 fit and perform without problems on this car or do I need to stay with the same size tire that I am replacing. I think the slightly wider/taller tire would look better but I do not want any clearance/steering problems. Any thoughts ?

After reading from a few people here and on Avalon boards, I replace the tires on my 07 Camry XLE V6. Went with Goodyear Assurance Comfortread, which are not the same as Tripletread. I wanted a bit quieter ride and it worked. When I sent to sears to buy them, they kept trying to sell me something else at the same speed rating. The speed rating on my OEM tires were a V, and the new ones were T, or something like that. Since the new ones are still rated to 118mph, I was not worried.

Paid $101 each plus stuff at Sams.

Thanks to this board, my Camry is much quieter now - and I did not have to buy a new Avalon to get there.